Gasolene-gage.



W. I. UESCHGER.

GASOLENE GAGE. APPLICATION HLED AUGJ. 1915.

Patented Feb. 22, 1916.

@9i/hamaca accompanying drawings.

UNITED STATES PATENT oEEioE.

WALTER I. OESCHGEB, 0F, DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

GASOLENE-GAGE.

To all 'whom it may concern Be it known that I, WALTER I. OEsoHoER, a'citizen ofthe United States of America, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gasolene-Gages, of which the following is a speciication, reference being had therein to the lThis invention relates to a gasolene gage, and more particularly to that type designed for gasolene tanks or receptacles and adapted to indicate the quantity or level of gasolene within the tank or receptacle, such gages having been used in connection with4 the maingasolene supplyrtank of automobiles and similar vehicles.

My-invention 'aims to .furnish the lling opening of a gasolene tank or reservoir with .a plug having a gage that is removable with the plug, thus necessitating an 'actuating mechanism for the gage which can readily pass through the filling-opening of the tank or reservoir, but n making'thel. actuating mechanism of such size, provision is made to increasethe action of the mechanism and thereby obtain as great a sensitiveness for or reservoirs wherein .the parts are'con-.

structed with a view of reducing the 'cost of manufacture and at the same time retain the features, by which accuracy, durability and'ease of assembling are secured, and with such ends in view, the invention resides in the novel construction, combination and arrangement ef parts to be hereinafter specifically described and then claimed.

Reference will now be had to the drawing, wherein- Figure 1 is an elevation of a gasolene tank or reservoir, partly broken away, showing the-gasolene gage in elevation; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the gasolene Igage,

partly broken away and partly in section;

Specication o! Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 22, 1916.

application mea August 7, 1915. serial No. 44,348.

4adapted -to facilitate the flow of gasolene from the tank 1. Seated upon the iange 6 within the plug -4is an'annular cage 8 provided with a bail or handle 9. Mounted in the annular cage 8 againstan inwardly projecting flangell) supporting the bail or handle 9 is a tran;- parent plate 11 retained in engagement with said flange by a ring 12. The transparent plate 11 is preferably made of glass and bel o w said plate against the ring 12, is a dial plate 13 circumferentially graduated, as shown in Fig. '4. with such designationsas will indicate gallons or quantities of gasolene within the tank or reservoir 1. The dial plate 1,3 is held against the retaining ring 12 by a closure plate 14 supported by inwardly projecting pins 15, carried by the cage 8.

' The closure plate 14 hasa central countersunk portion 15 and riveted or otherwise connected thereto, as at 17, is a depending stirrup or bracket 18. This bracket is composed of two parallel arms having the lower ends thereof enlarged, as at 19, and'connected by spacing members 20 and 21, the latter serving as a bearing or' guide for a vertical shaft 22. which has the upperend thereof journaled in the closre plate 14 and the dial plate 13. v

' Mounted upon the upper end of the shaft 22, between the transparent plate 11 and the dial plate 13, is a hand or pointer 23, and mounted upon the lower-end of said shaft is a small beveled gear wheel 24 meshing with a large gear Wheel 25, carried by a rock shaft 26 having reduced ends 2 7 thereof supporti ed in the enlarged portions 19 of the bracket or stirrup 18. .I

Suitably connected to theifock shaft 26 is a float arm 28 and the outer end of said arm has a hollow spherical body or float 29 which is buoyant upon gasolengl or other liquid fuel withinv'the tank or reservoir 1.

To retain the 'cage 8 in 'the plug 4, a re-- taining ring or nut 30 is employed, said ring or nut beingscrewed in the outer' end of'the plug through the medium of winged linger pieces 31 formin part of said ring or nut.

Withthe" plug mounted in the collar 3,

the bracket or stirrup 18 is rigidly held and is limited bythe: arm .28 contactingfwith. :the 4,spacingmembers 20 ,engagement Withthe former, thegage in its .reservoi'r,- plemshed 'the buoyant body or oat 2 9 can remain upon the surface' of a cplantityL or body of gasolene- Within thetank or reservoir. The Y movement 1 of theI buoyant b0dy`o7r lloa't 29 and 21, and when in ntirety `cans-be Av.removed from the tank or reservoir. v v

Tluecage 8' and its appurtenant parts is a benclifassembled 'proposition-- that can be camA 'land-quickly mounted Lin the plug 4,

"andthe transmission. mechanism' between the rock shaft and the indicator shaft 22 A isisuch-asto insure a-.correct reading upon` Y the-dial plate '13 andl indicate 'to an'observer the quantity'ofgasolene within'the tank or thus allowing the supply to be rebefore completely consumed.

einem,

LA gasolene gage 1comprising` a plug v adapted for closina gasolene tank, a deoused in said plugand provided with a tansversehandle. to cil'- tate lts removaLa nut holdin said cage in said plug, a bracket supporte by said ndi-A cator independent of said plug, a rock shaft carried by said bracket, a'iioat connected to -said rock shaft and adapted to impart movement to said' rock shaft, and means insaid bracket moved by said rock shaft and adapted to actuate said indicator.

2. A gasolene gage comprising 'a plug adapted as the sole closure of a gasolene tank, a detachableca ,e seated in said plug and providedwith a andlepto facilitate `its removal,v a nut holdin plate on said closure plate,\a pointer above 'said dial plate, and lmeans carried by said closure plate independent of said plug and adapted to move said pointer.`

ln testimony whereof I ax my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WALTER I. yOESCHGrIIEt'.

Witnesses:

ANNA' Mr. Donn, y Lewis E. Funnelle,

said cage in said plug, a closure plate or said cage, a dial p v50 

